Preface

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 14, Edward III. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1952.

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A. E. Stamp, J. B. W. Chapman, Cyril Flower, M. C. B. Dawes, L. C. Hector, 'Preface', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 14, Edward III( London, 1952), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol14/vii [accessed 4 December 2024].

A. E. Stamp, J. B. W. Chapman, Cyril Flower, M. C. B. Dawes, L. C. Hector, 'Preface', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 14, Edward III( London, 1952), British History Online, accessed December 4, 2024, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol14/vii.

A. E. Stamp, J. B. W. Chapman, Cyril Flower, M. C. B. Dawes, L. C. Hector. "Preface". Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 14, Edward III. (London, 1952), , British History Online. Web. 4 December 2024. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol14/vii.

PREFACE

The present volume is a further instalment of a Calendar of certain documents selected from the class formerly known as Escheats, or Inquisitions post mortem. It covers the period from the 48th to the 51st years of the reign of Edward III. The text was prepared, during the Deputy Keepership of the late Mr. A. E. Stamp, C.B., by the late Mr. J. B. W. Chapman, M.A., of this Office, and the volume was edited and passed through the press, during the Deputy Keepership of Sir Cyril Flower, C.B., by Mr. M. C. B. Dawes, B.A., lately of this Office. The Index has been compiled by Mr. L. C. Hector, M.A., of this Office.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE HILARY JENKINSON

30 April, 1952